Associated Press
Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Collazo lies wounded at steps to Blair House, President Truman's temporary residence in Washington, D.C., after a failed attempt to assassinate Truman.
Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Collazo lies wounded at steps to Blair House, President Truman's temporary residence in Washington, D.C., after a failed attempt to assassinate Truman.
On This Day: Puerto Rican Nationalists Attempt to Assassinate Truman
November 01, 2009 06:00 AM
by
findingDulcinea Staff
On Nov. 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, tried to assassinate President Truman in hopes of bringing their country closer to independence.
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